Mental Health Nursing Associate | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Mental Health Nursing Associatesto join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Female Service Line Health & Justice teams across our at

• HMP/YOI Bronzefield, Ashford Middx
• HMP Downview, Sutton, Surrey
• HMP Send, Ripley, Woking
(please indicate your preferred site on your application) By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times. We are lucky to be able to offer opportunities to undertake your registered nursing degree via our apprenticeship route and can also offer all newly qualified nursing associates a 12 month preceptorship programme. Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team & be accountable to the registered nurses they work with
• Be accountable as professionals registered with the NMC & work to the Code for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates
• Promote health & prevent ill health
• Provide & monitor care
• Work to improve safety & the quality of care
As a Nurse Associate you may be expected to practice any of the skills listed in the NMC; Standards of Proficiency skills annexes or be responsible for the care delivered to a number of service users but you will always be supervised by a registered nurse & receive support from the wider multi- disciplinary team. We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together & in partnership with other teams & services to provide seamless care. Values
• As a Nurse Associate we expect you to showCOMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment & recognise that what you do & say helps can make the lives of others better.
• We expect you toRESPECTeveryone & acknowledge & welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.
• We expect you toEMPOWERothers & continually try to provide information, resources & support to help others make their own decisions & meet their own needs.
• We expect you to work inPARTNERSHIP& behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners & users of our services are the people who generate & pay for our work.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies, The key responsibilities of a Nursing Associate in Central and North West London NHS Trust show how you can help the Trust deliver safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
You will work as part of a multi-professional team and will be expected to:
• Be accountable for your practice to a registered nurse
• Participate in regular supervision with that registered nurse
• Supervise, help training and delegate to other members of the team e.g. Health Care Assistants
• Participate in team meetings and help develop the team
• Contributing to creating and maintaining a high performing team by: communicating well with all members of the team
• understanding how your role helps the team achieve its objective
• understanding the roles of different team members and how they help the team achieve its' objectives
• using supervision and team meetings to reflect on your own practice regularly
• Develop skills in relation to coaching/teaching individuals/carers/other staff
• Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
Work to improve safety and the quality of care: As a Nursing Associate you will contribute to the provision of safe and high quality services by:
• Working to the standards set out in the NMC Code for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates
• Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals (including raising a safeguarding alert)
• Escalating safety concerns (including completing Datix) and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Maintaining your competences and proficiencies in all the required areas for your role
• Maintaining compliance with your mandatory training requirements
• Working to the limit of your role but being clear not to work beyond your remit or scope of competency
• Understanding how you are accountable to registered nurses
• Identifying areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made and working closely with others to improve services
• Being open and transparent
• Maintaining accurate, legible, timely and comprehensive records
• Assist in the assessment of and contribute to the management of risk across several areas within the environment where care is being administered.
  
  Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation package
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.